altar boy
noun
a male altar server.
altar boys
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pluralof altar boy.plural
The grammatical form denoting more than one person, place, thing, or idea.
Example Sentences
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Bubba Weiler’s touching play follows two altar boys as they prepare for their confirmations and grapple with challenges to their beliefs and their relationship.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 29, 2026
Christopher Boyce and Andrew Daulton Lee were childhood friends, altar boys raised in the Catholic pews and prosperous suburbs of the Palos Verdes Peninsula.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 29, 2025
Students in the seminary, which was founded in 1956, serve as altar boys in St. Peter’s Basilica, sometimes during papal Masses.
From New York Times ● Oct. 6, 2021
The trial has put the spotlight on the St. Pius X seminary, located inside the Vatican gardens, which houses boys aged 12-to-18 who serve as altar boys at papal Masses in St. Peter’s Basilica.
From Seattle Times ● Jul. 16, 2021
Out in front of the building stood the priest and two altar boys.
From "The Stranger" by Albert Camus
